Does friend need to repurchase o/s on gifted macbook air?

I gave my Macbook Air to friend, do they need to repurchase the o/s and iLife software. Since I turned the computer on and associated with my ID. I never registered it. Please let me know - thank you!

The licensing restrictions are a bit confusing:
If your MBA came with Lion or Mountain Lion preinstalled, you may make a one time transfer of the license for the OS to a buyer, but have to call Apple to do so because it is tied to several IDs.
If your MBA came with Snow Leopard and you purchased Lion and/or Mountain at the app store, that license is not transferable. You must uninstall it and reinstall the original OS. The buyer can then purchase their own copy of Lion or Mountain Lion. The buyer would not be able to reinstall or update because the license is tied to the Apple ID used for the purchase as well as the machine ID and so would no longer match.

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